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Incident 97113 Report
Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

2023-05-02

The Iranian state-sponsored group Cotton Sandstorm, linked to the IRGC, has integrated generative AI into cyber influence operations. In December 2023, it launched Operation “For Humanity," using AI-crafted messaging to hijack a U.S.-based IPTV streaming service with propaganda about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The group also engages in election-related reconnaissance, which suggests they used AI-enhanced influence efforts ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.

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Incident 94611 Report
Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

2022-01-01

Arizona residents, especially senior citizens, are reportedly often the target of AI-driven romance scams. Between 2022 and 2023, reported losses from online romance scams in Arizona totaled over $47 million, ranking the state fifth highest in the nation behind California, Florida, Texas, and New York, according to FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center data. In 2023, it has been reported that Arizonans lost $325 million owing to these scams.

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Incident 10603 Report
Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

2025-05-06

Researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) report that Operation Overload (also known as Matryoshka or Storm-1679) is a Russian-aligned campaign leveraging purported AI-generated voiceovers and visual impersonations to spread false or inflammatory content across platforms. The campaign reportedly involved at least 135 discrete posts analyzed by ISD in early 2025 targeting institutions and individuals, including one purported viral video claiming USAID funded celebrity trips to Ukraine (see Incident 1061).

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Incident 9722 Report
Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

2024-09-25

A Russian disinformation campaign, linked to Storm-1516 and Kremlin propagandist John Mark Dougan, allegedly used AI-generated content to target Kamala Harris’s election bid. The operation included a fake campaign website promoting extreme policies and an AI-enhanced deepfake video falsely claiming Harris killed an endangered rhino in Zambia. The hoaxes were spread via Telegram, X, VK, and pro-Kremlin media outlets.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Yahoo Boys

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

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scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Entity

Romance scammers targeting Arizonans

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

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Entity

Fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Entity

Senior citizens of Arizona

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

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General public of Arizona

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Unknown deepfake apps

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 946
    11 Reports

    Arizona Residents Reportedly a Frequent Target of AI-Driven Romance Scams

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Romance scammers targeting New Zealanders

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Unknown large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Unknown chatbot developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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New Zealand dating app users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Romance scam victims

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Financial fraud victims

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Unknown large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Unknown chatbots

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Dating apps

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 954
    1 Report

    Chatbots Allegedly Used in Romance Scams Targeting Nearly One-Third of New Zealand's Dating App Users

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Government of Iran

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Cotton Sandstorm

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Unknown generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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U.S. elections

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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political candidates

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Media organizations

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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General public of the United States

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Electoral integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Democracy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

American voters

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Voicemod

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Entity

Unknown generative AI tools

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Remini AI Photo Enhancer

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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News media systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Murf AI

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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IPTV streaming service

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Election-related websites

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Appy Pie

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 971
    13 Reports

    Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

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Storm-1516

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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John Mark Dougan

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Russian state media

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Sputnik

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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RT (Russia Today)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Pravda network

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Entity

Kamala Harris

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Unknown deepfake app

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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NewWayForward.us

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Liberty Press

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Signal Daily

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 972
    2 Reports

    Russian Influence Operation Allegedly Uses AI to Create Fake Kamala Harris Campaign Website and Rhino-Hunting Hoax

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Unknown TikTok user

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Donald Trump

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

  • Incident 1035
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Video Depicts Trump Urging Release of Nigerian Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Truth

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Entity

TikTok

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

  • Incident 1035
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Video Depicts Trump Urging Release of Nigerian Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu

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Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

  • Incident 1011
    1 Report

    Deepfake of Bermuda Premier David Burt Promotes Investment Scam Using Royal Gazette Branding

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X (Twitter)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1007
    1 Report

    AI-Generated Voice Cloning of Trump Falsely Proposes Renaming the District of Columbia to the District of America

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Scammers impersonating David Burt

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1011
    1 Report

    Deepfake of Bermuda Premier David Burt Promotes Investment Scam Using Royal Gazette Branding

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David Burt

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1011
    1 Report

    Deepfake of Bermuda Premier David Burt Promotes Investment Scam Using Royal Gazette Branding

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Government of Bermuda

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1011
    1 Report

    Deepfake of Bermuda Premier David Burt Promotes Investment Scam Using Royal Gazette Branding

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General public of Bermuda

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1011
    1 Report

    Deepfake of Bermuda Premier David Burt Promotes Investment Scam Using Royal Gazette Branding

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The Royal Gazette

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1011
    1 Report

    Deepfake of Bermuda Premier David Burt Promotes Investment Scam Using Royal Gazette Branding

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Entity

Unknown actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1035
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Video Depicts Trump Urging Release of Nigerian Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu

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Nnamdi Kanu

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1035
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Video Depicts Trump Urging Release of Nigerian Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu

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Entity

Media integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1035
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Video Depicts Trump Urging Release of Nigerian Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu

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Entity

General public of Nigeria

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1035
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Video Depicts Trump Urging Release of Nigerian Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu

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Entity

Storm-1679

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Russian-aligned actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Operation Overload

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Matryoshka

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Various generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Western support for Ukraine

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Voters in Germany

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

USAID

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Ukrainian refugees

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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News organizations

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Law enforcement agencies

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Journalists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Fact-checkers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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European politicians

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Academics

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Telegram

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Bluesky

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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